Re: What is Pluto?

From	Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address>
Newsgroups	rec.arts.sf.written, sci.physics, sci.physics.relativity, alt.astronomy
Subject	Re: What is Pluto?
Date	2015-09-26 15:54 +1000
Message-ID	<d6mq8uF3qpsU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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On 26/09/2015 4:59 AM, The Starmaker wrote:
> http://space.io9.com/newest-images-from-pluto-bring-colour-to-a-strange-worl-1732873928
>
> http://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-pluto-pictures-astonish-scientists-again/
>
>
>
> Have you guys made up your mind if Pluto is a planet or not yet...? Or
> do you let others
> make up your mind for you??
>

It's a matter of definition, and no one owns a word. The IAU has chosen 
to adopt a particular definition, but that only specifies its meaning 
for the purposes of the IAU.

So there is no way of giving an absolute answer to the question "What is 
Pluto?"

Sylvia.

Thread

What  is Pluto? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-09-25 11:59 -0700
  Re: What  is Pluto? Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2015-09-25 20:30 -0600
  Re: What is Pluto? Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2015-09-26 15:54 +1000
  Re: What  is Pluto? Siri Cruz <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2015-09-26 00:41 -0700
    Re: What is Pluto? moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2015-09-27 01:39 +0000
      Re: What is Pluto? Siri Cruz <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2015-09-26 18:59 -0700
        Re: What is Pluto? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-09-26 21:16 -0700
  Re: What  is Pluto? T Guy <tim.bateman@redbridge.gov.uk> - 2015-09-28 05:49 -0700
  Re: What  is Pluto? Hägar <hsahm@yahoo.com> - 2015-09-28 17:48 -0700
    Re: What  is Pluto? T Guy <tim.bateman@redbridge.gov.uk> - 2015-10-01 05:32 -0700
      Re: What  is Pluto? Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> - 2015-10-01 12:54 -0400
        Re: What  is Pluto? Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2015-10-01 10:16 -0700

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